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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
vii, 221 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Through a series of deftly-rendered vignettes, prominent historian Jenna Weissman Joselit offers a compelling and fresh-eyed perspective on the Ten Commandments, situating them within the context of modern America. Rich in incident and in colorful personalities of the 19th and 20th centuries, her account shows that the Ten Commandments are not cast in stone but a fertile repository of American history.
Author
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
6 DVDs (approximately 1,080 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (160 pages ; 19 cm).
Language
English
Description
"[This series] is an epic, comprehensive survey of the East's most influential philosophers and thinkers. In 36 lectures, [the student will be introduced to] the men and women responsible for molding Asian philosophy and for giving birth to a wide variety of spiritual and ideological systems, including Hinduism, Daoism, Confucianism, Sufism, and Buddhism."--Www.thegreatcourses.com.
Author
Series
Publisher
Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
12 CDs (12 hr.) : digital. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
For thousands of years, espionage and covert operations have been powerful but shadowy forces. Much of world history has been shaped by the dramatic exploits of men, women, and organizations devoted to the perilous tasks and undercover missions that are part of a spy's life. Consider that covert operations have played critical roles in epic conflicts such as the Trojan War, the Crusades, World War II, and the War on Terror; political upheavals such...
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Language
English
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Rogers' book was priceless because he was delivering enlightenment and pride, steeped in historical research, to a people too long starved on the lie that they were worth nothing. For African Americans of the Jim Crow era, Rogers' was their first black history teacher. But Rogers was not always shy about embellishing the facts and minimizing ambiguity; neither was he above shock journalism now and then. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. gives us a corrective...
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